So, we continue to see broad traction in the industry for the Cisco Unified Computing System. The latest passenger on the UCS Bus is Oracle, which recently certified and validated the Cisco UCS platform for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 and …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on October 16, 2009 at 09:49AM
Thinking about test drives reminded me that my 12 year-old son will be driving soon (yikes!) which then got me thinking about other rites of passage he will soon encounter such as the roller-coaster experience of asking a girl out …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on October 12, 2009 at 08:35AM
Well, boys and girls, I have got a couple of cool things to report on the Cisco Unified Computing System front. First, and foremost, I am happy to present the latest iteration of the UCS: the C-Series rack servers. …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on October 09, 2009 at 10:35AM
Mark Fulgham, VP Cisco Data Center Solutions invites you to join us on Cisco booth (2301) to talk about running your Oracle applications on unified computing system . Cisco and Oracle have been for a long time partners, working together on …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on October 06, 2009 at 12:48PM
Intel Developer’s Forum kicks off next week, so if you will be there, swing by and chat with our folks at booth (#401). As Kirk Skaugen points out, Cisco and Intel actually have a long-lasting relationship that goes back …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on September 18, 2009 at 10:28AM
I am happy to share that the Cisco Unified Computing System was just awarded Gold Award in the “Hardware for Virtualization” category at the Best of VMworld 2009 Awards. The system represents a lot of hardwork and commitment from a …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on September 03, 2009 at 02:57PM
Pretty much any major trade show is an exercise in barely controlled chaos and VMworld 2009 is no exception, but all the pieces are falling into place and I am looking forward to a good show next week. Last year, …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on August 28, 2009 at 12:32PM
While we are getting a great deal of traction on the vision behind the Cisco Unified Computing System and the idea of an integrated system that combines network, compute, and virtualization in a single platform, folks sometimes wonder if they …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on August 19, 2009 at 02:26PM
I came across this article published by CIOZone on July 20, 2009 - “IT Spending Forecasts Improve, Cisco Popular”; and obviously, am pleased by the positive results around Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). An impressive number - “77 percent of …Read more.
Posted by Simon Aspinall on July 24, 2009 at 10:40AM
“The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad.” The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903. “If I’d asked people what they …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on July 16, 2009 at 03:54PM
Prise de la Bastille, by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel “On 5 May 1789, (the King) Louis XVI convened the Estates-General to hear their grievances. The deputies of the Third Estate representing the common people (the two others were the Church and nobility) …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on July 14, 2009 at 09:29AM
Kirk Skaugen, Vice President of the Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of the Server Platforms Group for Intel Corporation, was at cisco Live to highlight the partnership between Cisco and Intel. He met John Chambers, Cisco Chairman & CEO, …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on July 07, 2009 at 05:06PM
Tonight Cisco Omar Sultan, James Urquhart, Chris Hoff and EMC Stuart Miniman , Chad Sakac , joined me at the Marriott Hotel to share about their second day at Cisco Live. Today we were at lunch with David Lawler, VP …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on June 30, 2009 at 06:02PM
I sat down with Brian Schwartz again last week to dig a bit deeper into the Unified Computing System Manager. There has been a lot of speculation recently that UCSM only worked for virtualized environments. Well, as you will see …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on June 15, 2009 at 10:36AM
Today at Cisco’s Partner Summit, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior and other Cisco executives are discussing the company’s strategy to accelerate go-to-market plans for unified computing with channel partners. The strategy includes new IT Career Certifications in Data Center Management, new …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on June 03, 2009 at 09:59AM
Since our initial announcement of the Cisco UCS, there has been a great deal of interest, skepticism, and speculation about this new platform. Though the system won’t start shipping to customers until the end of June, Cisco IT has had …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on June 02, 2009 at 06:08PM
I had a good chat with a customer the other day about our Cisco UCS solution—they are very intrigued and are bringing them in-house to evaluate. As I was wrapping up, someone asked me an interesting question—they see UCS as …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on June 02, 2009 at 11:39AM
John Manville, VP for IT for the Network and Data Center Services organization, will be on IPTV tomorrow discussing the production implementation of the Cisco Unified Computing System in our data centers. The event is tomorrow (May 27) at 11am …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on May 26, 2009 at 10:34AM
Intel is a critical Cisco partner, but also a large and innovative manufacturing customer. Diane Bryant, CIO Intel, was on Cisco booth at EMC World, in Orlando Florida, to witness the large number of visitors interested by our Unified Computing …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on May 22, 2009 at 07:49AM
I met at EMC World in Orlando, Chuck Hollis, EMC’s VP Global Marketing CTO; Parag Patel, VMware’s VP of Alliances, and Ed Bugnion, Cisco’s CTO for the Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit. Ed shared some insights on two important …Read more.
Posted by Didier Rombaut on May 21, 2009 at 05:29AM
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) just won “2009 Best of Interop Award” in the Data Center & Storage category at industry leading global technology event Interop 2009. Here is what judges have to say about UCS “It’s clear that Cisco …Read more.
Posted by Kash Shaikh on May 20, 2009 at 09:10AM
Prashanth Shenoy and Tugba Goksel of Cisco discuss the three awards Cicso won at Interop 2009. Cisco EnergyWise, WebEx Node and Unified Computing Systems. Learn more about how these products and solutions tie in to Cisco’s theme of “Redefining Innovation, …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on May 19, 2009 at 09:14PM
Our ConC TechMinute celebrity, Sidney Morgan discusses the deployment of Cisco UCS in our production environment and how it has improved power efficiency in our Richardson data center. You can also listen to Sidney discuss how we are integrating the …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on May 18, 2009 at 11:23PM
Here is the second video video walk-through for the Cisco UCS Manager. In this one, we dig into the service profiles a bit more and then talk a bit about the use models for the Unified Computing System XML API. …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on May 01, 2009 at 12:23PM
OK, so it took a bit longer than I planned, but here is the first of a two-part walk-through of Cisco UCS Manager with Brian Schwarz. As context, I would also suggest you check out the prior two posts on …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on May 01, 2009 at 10:27AM
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) just won “Best Data Center Innovation” award at BladeSystems Insight 2009 event. Details will be available here soon. BladeSystems Insight is an executive summit for data center blade server technologies, took place April 19-21, 2009 …Read more.
Posted by Kash Shaikh on April 22, 2009 at 08:20AM
As mentioned on the IPTV broadcast yesterday, the preliminary benchmarking for out new blade servers for our Unified Computing System is pretty darn good—something along the lines of 164% faster than previous-gen Intel-based two-socket systems. I think this not only …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on April 17, 2009 at 02:55PM
Silvano Gai, Tommi Salli, and Roger Andersson have pulled together a good book to tell you everything you every wanted to know about the Cisco UCS: Project California: a Data Center Virtualization Server - UCS (Unified Computing System),” ISBN: 978-0-557-05739-9, …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on April 14, 2009 at 09:58PM
One of the aspects of the Cisco Unified Computing launch that I enjoyed was the opportunity to meet and work with a whole new group of really smart people. Out of that, I had the opportunity to record some podcasts …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on March 31, 2009 at 07:01PM
So, to get a bit further into the management of the UCS in a heterogeneous environment, I went to the source and did a quick interview with Brian Schwarz, who is Product Manager focused on UCS Manager in the Server …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on March 23, 2009 at 03:16PM
It has been hard sitting by and watching the rumor mill go into overdrive but we are finally ready to take the wraps off our innovative new system for the data center … Cisco’s Unified Computing System. Cisco talked previously …Read more.
Posted by Elizabeth McNichols on March 16, 2009 at 08:03AM
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